Feb 27
Reception had a special visit from Jenny who completed a Chinese Workshop with us. Jenny shared a Chinese New Year story with the class before teaching the children how to say hello in Chinese and Happy New Year in Chinese. The children shared their knowledge with Jenny and explained that this year is the Year …
Dec 04
Parents and carers joined the class for two fun, hands-on creative activities using recycled and sustainable natural materials which the children have started to become familiar with as part of Forest School sessions. Activity 1: Nature-Inspired Calendars Everyone used recycled card along with dried seed heads, petals, ferns and silver birch twigs to design their …
Oct 24
Reception had Hatfield’s fire fighters come and visit. First, the fireman showed the children what they had inside their fire engine. The children saw the different sized hoses. The children know that the small hoses are for little fires such as bin fires and, the bigger hoses are for larger fires such as house fires. …
Oct 22
Reception had a special visit from a paramedic. ‘Real Superheroes’ was their focus text in literacy and they had been discussing the different people who help them such as paramedics, teachers, postal workers, and supermarket workers. They knew that these are some of the occupations that have impacted their lives in some way. As a …
Jun 30
During the week beginning 30th June 2025 we completed our annual outdoor adventurous week. There were many activities planned each day throughout the week. On Monday the children completed some bug hunting before collecting nature items to create their own nature crowns. The children took their time to explore the school grounds when collecting their …
Jun 27
Ms Burns set up lots of fun activities for the children to complete with their grown-ups. The activities included making scented bags, scented hapa zome, and threading stick butterflies. The children used their fine motor skills when harvesting the scented herbs and pinching and poking them into their material. The children also used hammers safely …
Jun 11
On Wednesday 11th June we visited Aldenham Country Park. We started our trip at the farm and enjoyed looking at and watching the different farm animals. We took around a clipboard and pencil to write down the animals we could see. This was very enjoyable practising our segmenting skills outside of the classroom. We stood …
May 20
On Tuesday 20th May Reception had a design and technology parent activity that involved decorating the previously baked chocolate chip cookies. The children worked hard and took their time to plan and design their cookies – linking with World Bee Day. The children used colours in their design that they knew we had as food …
May 19
On Monday 19th May Reception carried out a design and technology activity by preparing and baking some chocolate chip cookies. In literacy, our focus text is ‘Bee: Nature’s Tiny Miracle’ and we have been learning all about bees linking to World Bee Day on the 20th May. On Tuesday 20th May we had a parent …